Since you wondered (or, maybe, you didn't) about what life is like the month before 'con, here's a slightly-explained description of what's on my 'con-related to-do list right now:

• change Bob's email address from (old) to (new) when he contacts me and says bellsouth got his line fixed (msg board, mailing list, staff db)
• make full staff listing sortable
• all multi-slide bits must be animated as commercials and you are capable of doing this yourself
• talk to Jake about screenshots needed from b5
• check Lucas' slides from last year for reusability
• the mix-and-match smoothie recipe on that page is tasty but less banana next time
• Contact Gen, make arrangements to shoot Fendel Sassoon on-site Thursday at 'con
• news promos and last year's commercials go to track rooms
• create a this-is-DCTV introduction - series of slides or live-action explanation?
• find out what camera setup the Tennessee Goon Squad is bringing to 'con
• announce tutorials for Ops and soundboards (both Thursday, yay Kong and Jyn)
• print and bring the microphone sleeves as well - per convo 8/9/2004, B needs 4 not 3
• Brian: we have to credit Freeplaymusic per terms of the contract
• post Marriott map photos to private area of techops once cleared with Morning Bob
• goats.com has Republicans For Voldemort t-shirts, saying "fictional elections deserve fictional candidates." I think I'm going to cry now.
• No, this ruling makes me cry: "A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a 1998 Alabama law banning the sale of sex toys in the state, ruling the Constitution doesn't include a right to sexual privacy."
• For the mass-email page:
  
  where email IS NOT NULL - a condition for all, if no email why mail?
  
  based_from (mails people based in one area)
  
  shirt (if NULL, they have not updated their stafflisting, wankers)
  
  not_attending_2004 is true (those who aren't showing up)
  
  not_attending_2004 is not null (those who ARE attending)
  
  loadin_2004=1 (brave souls working load-in)
  
  loadout_2004=1 (insane souls working load-out)
  
  spy=1 (our spies who help us but who officially work in other areas)
  
  command=1 (Thomas' designation)
• post link to this entry sometime before 'con
• why are the Adult Swim music bits not working right on Brian's computer?
• buy black skirt and black tights to go with the unshirt and last year's boots of evil
• Sew the damn skirt yourself - it'll be cheaper, and kilt-style isn't that hard
• put boning/grommets in the wench bodice once the boning arrives
• arrange to borrow Joyce's bolt cutters to cut said boning…the things I do for costumed boob squishage
• All adult swim slides should drop to the final "[dragon*con TV]" slide at 2 sec remaining
• cough up extra copy for the FOX News spoof
• cats to vet for yearly shots
• email Jess: discuss geek feeding 2004
• pray I haven't missed anything